Poor Orphan Child Lyrics - Ralph Stanley

I hear a low faint voice that says 

Papa and mama's dead 

And it comes from the poor orphan child 

That must be clothed and fed 

And it comes from the poor orphan child 

That must be clothed and fed 

And it comes from the poor orphan child 

That must be clothed and fed 

Savior, lead them by the hand 

Savior, lead them by the hand 

Savior, lead them by the hand 

Til they've all reach that glittering strand 

Think of the many children now 

Poor little boys and girls 

Who once had mother's loving arms 

To smooth their golden curls 

Who once had mother's loving hand 

To smooth their golden curls 

Who once had mother's loving hand 

To smooth their golden curls 

Savior, lead them by the hand 

Savior, lead them by the hand 

Savior, lead them by the hand 

Til they've all reach that glittering strand 

But now we see those wandering curls 

Hang careless round their brow 

They say to us, my papa's dead 

And I've no mother now 

They say to us, my papa's dead 

And I've no mother now 

They say to us, my papa's dead 

And I've no mother now 

Savior, lead them by the hand 

Savior, lead them by the hand 

Savior, lead them by the hand 

Til they've all reach that glittering strand 

O Savior, every orphan bless 

Wherever they may roam 

Bless every hand that lends them aid 

And bless the orphan's home 

Bless every hand that lends them aid 

And bless the orphan's home 

Bless every hand that lends them aid 

And bless the orphan's home 

Savior, lead them by the hand 

Savior, lead them by the hand 

Savior, lead them by the hand 

Til they've all reach that glittering strand